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Italy is mine

... and it owes me a living

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Vera da Pozzo, an Italian expat in Paris.

From the Island of the Sun to the Isle of France.

My pseudonym Vera da Pozzo is a pun alluding to what I care about most : truth and loyalty, depth and insight. In my mother tongue, the syntagma "vera da pozzo" means a puteal, but it could be a female name followed by a family name. Water is indispensable for living, and we need to keep it pure and unpolluted; it is the same for truth.
I write in English because I love this language since my childhood and also because English allows me to have a more detached view on both Italy and France. The title of my personal website and blog is a paraphrasis of the verse "England is mine and it owes me a living", from Morrissey's song "Still Ill", released in The Smiths debut album "The Smiths" on 20th February 1984. As Italy had nothing to offer to young people like me, I decided to throw my arms around Paris, as Oscar Wilde did, and I am still here. Like francophone actor Lino Ventura, I am and I will always be Italian.

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veradapozzo8
Jan 11 min read

Two more Good Omens for 2026

True friendship is one of the most valuable things in life and certainly one of the most important things to me, so I was glad to find these quotes from the Baci chocolates I picked on New Year's Day. The first quote: No distance of place or lapse of time can lessen the friendship of those who are thoroughly persuaded of each other's worth. ( Robert Southey ) The second quote: True friends are always free to separate, without separating ever. (Alfred Bougeard) Vera da Pozzo

 
 
 
veradapozzo8
Nov 7, 20252 min read

Do your best and don't worry

When Nothing seems to happen And You're stuck on a Desert Island There is Something coming along, and You'll find it sooner than You imagine So please, no more Tears Falling down from Your Eyes: Do Your Best and don't worry If the Dawn seems to be late And the Darkness is too heavy When your Black Dog bites again I hear You crying de profundis: Through Your Voice I feel Your Pain And It's running through my Veins For I know well what It means Since I was eight, sad and helpl

 
 
 
veradapozzo8
Sep 29, 20251 min read

The Purest Thing

Pictures and Impressions. I will edit and add more pictures and text this weekend. (C) Vera da Pozzo (C) Italy is Mine (C) Italy is Mine...

 
 
 
veradapozzo8
Apr 1, 20251 min read

April Fool's Day

You can try to Fool Everybody But You'll fail Inexorably For it's not April Fool's Day Every Day Your Forked Tongue Will strangle You One...

 
 
 
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